Interview · moment 2 of 33
Fat Activism, Nestle, and Body Positivity Corruption
from The Joe Rogan Experience | #330 · #330
2 min
Guest
They discuss how the sugar and food industry funds body-positivity and fat activism messaging, citing an LA school district controversy and social media influencers secretly backed by Nestle. They also discuss the heroin chic fashion era and its links to promoting unhealthy body standards.
- LA School District told teachers not to tell kids junk food is bad, claiming it's classist and racist.
- Body positivity messaging is heavily backed by companies like Nestle to promote the idea there's no difference between foods.
- Food and health claims online don't get fact-checked the way COVID misinformation does.
- Being 50 to 60 pounds overweight still makes you less healthy than you would be without that weight.
- Fashion industry went through a sickly-thin model era where they wanted women to look like hangers.
- Balenciaga ran an advertisement with kids holding BDSM bears dressed as leather daddies, which people found creepy.
- The 90s had heroin chic, making young models look like strung-out junkies.
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